Sustainability Matters: Prospects for a Just Transition in Calgary, Canada’s Petro-City

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dc.contributor.authorKeough, Noel
dc.contributor.authorGhitter, Geoff
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T22:12:20Z
dc.date.available2021-09-17T22:12:20Z
dc.date.copyright2021
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractThrough close examination of one city’s struggle for a just transition to a post-carbon world, Sustainability Matters argues for a global, holistic, and radical understanding of the importance of sustainability. Calgary, Alberta is a culturally diverse urban metropolis. Sprawling and car-dependent, fast-growing and affluent, it is dominated by the fossil fuel industry. For 30 years, Calgary has struggled to turn sustainability rhetoric into reality. Sustainability Matters is the story of Calgary’s setbacks and successes on the path toward sustainability. Chronicling two decades of public conversations, political debate, urban policy and planning, and scholarly discovery, it is both a fascinating case study and an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of urban sustainability. A clear-eyed view of the struggles of turning knowledge into action, this book illuminates the places where theory and reality converge and presents an approach to municipal development, planning, and governance that takes seriously the urgent need to address climate change and injustice. Addressing a wide variety of topics and themes, including energy, diversity, economic development, and ecological health, Sustainability Matters is both a critique of current practice and a vision for the future that uses the city of Calgary as a microcosm to address issues faced by cities around the world. This is essential reading not only for every Calgarian working for a vibrant and sustainable future, but for all those interested in in the future of cities in a post-carbon world.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKeough, N., & Ghitter, G. (2021). Sustainability Matters: Prospects for a Just Transition in Calgary, Canada's Petro-City. University of Calgary Press.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781773852485
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113895
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39220
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgary Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentOtheren_US
dc.publisher.facultySchool of Architecture, Planning and Landscapeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://press.ucalgary.ca/en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectBusinessen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectPublic Policyen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.titleSustainability Matters: Prospects for a Just Transition in Calgary, Canada’s Petro-Cityen_US
dc.typebooken_US
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